A Brief History of Chi, Qigong, and

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Kinetic Meditation

• A Brief History of Chi, Qigong, and
• Traditional Chinese Medicine

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• What is Qigong?
• Qigong can be simply defined as the art of
  training ones Qi (vital energy) and mind (mental
  consciousness).
• Qi means respiration
• Gong means continuous regulation.

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• There are Five Schools of Traditional Chinese
  Thought regarding the Practice of Qigong
• Buddhist
• Taoist
• Confucian
• Medical/Physician
• Martial

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• Liu GuiZheng 1953
• Practice of Qigong Therapy
• Qigong gets a name

• Ancient Systems of Qigong
• Tuna
• Daoyin
• Xingyi
• Jinggong
• Dinggong
• Xinggong

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• Spring Autumn Period (771 B.C. - 481 B.C.)
• People had already practiced qigong for building
  up health and curing diseases.
• Medical Canon of Huang Emperor

• Warring States Period (481 B.C. - 221 B.C.)
• Lao Zi
• Canon on Morality
• Zhuang Zi
• On Painstaking

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• Chinas Gift
• There are many ancient systems of body-mind
  energy manipulation in the world. What China
  offers us is one of the most comprehensive, well
  documented, accessible, and researched systems
  available in the world today.

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• Two Jin Dynasties
• 220 A.D. - 581 A.D.
• Sui Dynasty
• 581 A.D. - 618 A.D.
• Tang Dynasty
• 618 A.D. - 907 A.D.

• Bao Pu Zi On Principles
• Bao Pu Zi On Preserving Health
• Tao Hong-jing
• Collection on Preserving Health and Prolonging
  Life

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• Post-Revolutionary Period the Great Leap
  Forward
• 1955 - Practice of Qigong Therapy by Lui
  Gui-Zhen
• 1956 - Special Classes set up in Tangshan and
  Bei Daihe to train personnel in this field of
  Qigong Therapy

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• Cultural Revolution (1964 - 1976)
• Qigong and TCM are suppressed at worst and not
  encouraged or supported at best.
• The emphasis in on modernization and that means
  emulating all things Western, including Western
  Medicine.

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• Post Cultural Revolution Period (1978 to Present)
• 1978 - Research is encouraged.
• 1981 - The Qigong Scientific Research Society of
  the Chinese National Association of Traditional
  Medicine

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• Research Urls
• Qigong Institute
• http//www.qigonginstitute.org
• Arthritis Today (article)
• http//www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/
  2001_archives_2001_01_02_meditation.asp
• Journal of American Medical Association
• http//jama.ama-assn.org

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• Research Urls
• National Qigong Association
• http//www.nqa.org
• National Council for Complementary and
  Alternative Medicine (National Institute of
  Health)
• http//nccam.nih.gov/
• Qi Journal
• http//qi-journal.com/links.asp

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• Research Urls
• Stresslink - Great resource links to other
  related web sites.
• http//www.imt.net/randolfi/stresslinks.html
• British Medical Journal - Editorial
• http//www.bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/32
  6/7398/1049

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• Research Urls
• Healthgate - Good resource and research site.
• http//community.healthgate.com/GetContent.asp?sit
  eiducsddocid/healthy/mind/1999/meditation/index
  
• Google Directory - Good resource and research
  site.
• http//directory.google.com/top/health/alternative
  /meditation/

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• Video Presentation
• Qigong Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st
  Century